Overview
- Judges found abuse of dominance in Google’s treatment of comparison services and awarded Idealo €374.09 million in damages plus €91.13 million in interest for 2008–2023.
- Producto GmbH, operator of Testberichte.de, won a separate award of €103.7 million; both judgments allow appeals to the Berlin Court of Appeal.
- Idealo’s claim had sought roughly €3.3 billion including interest, but the court granted a far smaller sum after scrutinizing the damage models.
- The European Commission opened a DMA investigation into Google’s Site Reputation Abuse policy over concerns it may unfairly downgrade news publishers; Google rejects the premise and the probe targets completion within 12 months.
- In a parallel ad-tech case, Google offered commitments including more disclosure on bid data and connecting its ad server to the Prebid alternative, even as it contests a near-€3 billion EU fine.